Pernice Brothers - B-Sides & Other Rarities

Pernice Bros: Sub Pop made us smile for our promo!

Early Singles + B-sides

01 Square World (early single A-side)

02 In Plain Sight (early single B-side)

03 Jimmy Coma (Sub Pop single)

04 Monkey Suit (alt. version, Sub Pop B-side)

05 Love My Way (Psychedelic Furs
     cover, Clear Spot B-side) 

06 My Own Personal Psychic

    (Working Girls B-side)

07 Double Bed

08 Whatshisname

09 She Falls Apart (Working Girls B-side)

10 Up the Down Elevator (7:30 B-side)

11 Our Time Has Passed

      (4-track version, 7:30 B-side)

12 7:30 (demo)

SAMPLE: "Up the Down Escalator (B-side)"

Sandwich EP (2000 - ltd. ed. tour release) 

**NOW AVAILABLE directly from Pernice Brothers via their Bandcamp site. Go get it in lossless quality!**

Gone to the dogs:  Pernice Brothers, chilling in..., uh ... Joe's basement?? 

Live a Little - Bonus Disc (2006)

If you pre-ordered Pernice Brothers' album Live a Little, it came with a limited-edition bonus disc of demos and alt. mixes. I guess it really WAS strictly limited, because this thing is now impossible to find. Fair warning: on the demos, Joe hums and la-la-la’s his vocals.

01 Conscience Clean (alt. mix)
02 Microscopic View (alt. mix)
03 PCH One (alt. mix)
04 Cruelty to Animals (no vocals) 
05 Automation (no vocals)
06 Zero Refills (no vocals)
07 Automation (demo)
08 Somerville (demo)
09 Cruelty to Animals (demo)
10 Zero Refills (demo)
11 Microscopic View (demo)
12 How Can I Compare (demo)
13 B.S. Johnson (demo)
14 PCH One (demo)
15 Conscience Clean (demo)
16 Lightheaded (demo)
17 High As a Kite (demo)

ROB SEZ: How many artists do you know with only 4-star or better ratings from AllMusic? Pernice Brothers (and front man Joe Pernice's solo recordings) are in that rare category. If you don't know the music, I heartily recommend you check them out. MEGA-BIG THANKS to Don, Pernice Brothers and Chris for sharing these tracks.

 

Note: This set attempts to collect all Pernice Brothers studio rarities not readily available through normal, legal channels. Some are from vinyl-only releases. Although not rare and currently available as a digital download, completists will want to seek out the 5-track Australian Tour EP from 2002. It has alternate versions of 5 songs from the band’s first two albums. All tracks were recorded live-in-the-studio Jan. 2002 in Brooklyn, NY. One more non-album track that’s available digitally, which explains why it’s not included here: “Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown?” — an old Gospel number the band covered for the movie soundtrack for The Slaughter Rules (2003 - on Bloodshot Records). That one’s also available at iTunes & Amazon.

MP3@VBR (low to medium bit rates; best available)

 

Want more? Check out my 2016 post with two live recordings and 

this great 2002 live Pernice Bros. soundboard recording at Bigozine.

Learn more about Pernice Brothers' music at Wikipedia, AllMusic and the band's web site.